HCS 465 - Week 4 - Individual - Evaluating Research Process

Apr 4th, 2015

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Resource: Evaluating the Research Process Grading Criteria.
***SEE “Grading Criteria” posted 1/13/12 in Course Materials Forum***
Write a 1200-word paper that evaluates the research process within your chosen article.
Explain the research process and what you can assume from the study from the following perspectives.
Follow sequence as shown below, point-by-point:
• How is the literature review used in this research?
• What are ethical considerations for data collection?
• What is the data telling us in terms of statistical analysis?
o Are the findings statistically significant?
o Do the conclusions match the results of the study?
o Do the conclusions answer the research questions in the definition of the problem?
o Are the conclusions appropriate?
o Do you have enough information to make a decision on the effectiveness of the study? If so, is it effective?
Format paper in APA; Submit to Assignments Tab.

Evaluating the Research ProcessHCS 465Evaluating the Research ProcessThe author of the article "School Nurses and Childhood obesity: An Investigation of Knowledge and Practice among School Nurses as They Relate to Childhood Obesity." Voices their concern about the young generation that is displaying signs of obesity and if the school nurses are doing anything to prevent or educate the students along with what methods the nurses are using to determine if the child is overweight or not. The survey that was conducted was a questionnaire and the state the survey was conducted in was New Jersey because that was the state that showed the largest number of obese school aged children.Literature ReviewThe literature review involves a large amount of date revolving around the topic that is being researched. The questionnaire is sent out to the school nursing and given a specific date to have the questionnaire filled out and returned back to the researchers. Then the information is gathered and placed into charts for the research. The questionnaire results will give an interpretation on the subject and give the researchers the needed information to conduct the experiment properly. The literature used help provide information on what the school nurses are doing and how obesity is being evaluated in the school settings.The research was set up into different charts to show the percentages of what school nurses knew about childhood obesity and how they went abo